Ezekiel 22:9

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“Among you are slanderous men bent on bloodshed; within you are those who eat on the mountain shrines and commit acts of indecency.”

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BSBPD

“Among you are slanderous men bent on bloodshed; within you are those who eat on the mountain shrines and commit acts of indecency.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“In thee are men that carry tales to shed blood: and in thee they eat upon the mountains: in the midst of thee they commit lewdness.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Slanderous men have been in thee to shed blood; and in thee they have eaten upon the mountains: in the midst of thee they have committed lewdness.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Men of slander have been in thee to shed blood, And on the mountains they have eaten in thee, Wickedness they have done in thy midst.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Ezekiel 22:9 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 20:16You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
  2. Exodus 23:1“You shall not spread a false report. Do not join the wicked by being a malicious witness.
  3. Leviticus 19:16You must not go about spreading slander among your people. You must not endanger the life of your neighbor. I am the LORD.
  4. Judges 20:6Then I took my concubine, cut her into pieces, and sent her throughout the land of Israel’s inheritance, because they had committed a lewd and disgraceful act in Israel.
  5. 1 Samuel 24:10Behold, this day you have seen with your own eyes that the LORD delivered you into my hand in the cave. I was told to kill you, but I spared you and said, ‘I will not lift my hand against my lord, since he is the LORD’s anointed.’
  6. 1 Kings 21:10But seat two scoundrels opposite him and have them testify, ‘You have cursed both God and the king!’ Then take him out and stone him to death.”
  7. Psalms 50:20You sit and malign your brother; you slander your own mother’s son.
  8. Psalms 101:5Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, I will put to silence; the one with haughty eyes and a proud heart, I will not endure.
  9. Psalms 106:28They yoked themselves to Baal of Peor and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods.
  10. Proverbs 10:18The one who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever spreads slander is a fool.
  11. Proverbs 18:8The words of a gossip are like choice morsels that go down into the inmost being.
  12. Proverbs 26:22The words of a gossip are like choice morsels that go down into the inmost being.
  13. Jeremiah 6:28All are hardened rebels, walking around as slanderers. They are bronze and iron; all of them are corrupt.
  14. Jeremiah 9:4“Let everyone guard against his neighbor; do not trust any brother, for every brother deals craftily, and every friend spreads slander.
  15. Jeremiah 37:13But when he reached the Gate of Benjamin, the captain of the guard, whose name was Irijah son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah, seized him and said, “You are deserting to the Chaldeans!”
  16. Jeremiah 38:4Then the officials said to the king, “This man ought to die, for he is discouraging the warriors who remain in this city, as well as all the people, by speaking such words to them; this man is not seeking the well-being of these people, but their ruin.”
  17. Ezekiel 16:43Because you did not remember the days of your youth, but enraged Me with all these things, I will surely bring your deeds down upon your own head, declares the Lord GOD. Have you not committed this lewdness on top of all your other abominations?
  18. Ezekiel 18:6He does not eat at the mountain or look to the idols of the house of Israel. He does not defile his neighbor’s wife or approach a woman during her period.
  19. Ezekiel 18:11though the father has done none of them: Indeed, the son eats at the mountain and defiles his neighbor’s wife.
  20. Ezekiel 18:15He does not eat at the mountain or look to the idols of the house of Israel. He does not defile his neighbor’s wife.
  21. Ezekiel 24:13Because of the indecency of your uncleanness I tried to cleanse you, but you would not be purified from your filthiness. You will not be pure again until My wrath against you has subsided.
  22. Hosea 4:2Cursing and lying, murder and stealing, and adultery are rampant; one act of bloodshed follows another.
  23. Hosea 4:10They will eat but not be satisfied; they will be promiscuous but not multiply. For they have stopped obeying the LORD.
  24. Hosea 4:14I will not punish your daughters when they prostitute themselves, nor your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery. For the men themselves go off with prostitutes and offer sacrifices with shrine prostitutes. So a people without understanding will come to ruin.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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